The Three Railway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry
The Three Railway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry
This is the very first title in the popular Railway Series and was originally published in 1945. There are 42 titles in the series, 26 of which were written by Rev. W. Awdry and a further 16 which were written by his son, Christopher.
Nearly all the stories within The Railway Series books were based on real-life events. Rev. Awdry was a lifelong railway enthusiast and he was keen that his stories should be as realistic as possible. The engine characters were generally based on real classes of locomotives and some of the railways were based upon real railway lines within the British Isles.